West-Europese adel » Karel Balfour (1786-1876)

Personal data Karel Balfour 


Household of Karel Balfour

He is married to Maria Caroline Harrington.

They got married on July 1, 1826, he was 40 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Karel Balfour

John Balfour
1715-1795
Catharina Cant
1719-1795
James Balfour
1748-1795

Karel Balfour
1786-1876

1826

Maria Caroline Harrington
1804-1875

Robert Drummond Sir Balfour
1844-1915

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Historical events

Day of marriage July 1, 1826

  • The temperature on July 1, 1826 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen donder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
    • April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
    • May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

Day of death July 4, 1876

  • The temperature on July 4, 1876 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.


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